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101carbon steel — steel owing its properties principally to its carbon content; ordinary, unalloyed steel. [1900 05] * * * Alloy of iron and carbon in which the carbon content may range from less than 0. 015% to slightly more than 2%. Adding this tiny amount of… …
102flagrant — flagrancy, flagrance, flagrantness, n. flagrantly, adv. /flay greuhnt/, adj. 1. shockingly noticeable or evident; obvious; glaring: a flagrant error. 2. notorious; scandalous: a flagrant crime; a flagrant offender. 3. Archaic. blazing, burning,… …
103Founding Fathers — 1. the delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787. 2. (often l.c.) any group of founders: the town s founding fathers. * * * ▪ United States history Introduction the most prominent statesmen of America s Revolutionary… …
104happiness — /hap ee nis/, n. 1. the quality or state of being happy. 2. good fortune; pleasure; contentment; joy. [1520 30; HAPPY + NESS] Syn. 1, 2. pleasure, joy, exhilaration, bliss, contentedness, delight, enjoyment, satisfaction. HAPPINESS, BLISS,… …
105international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …
106nickel — /nik euhl/, n., v., nickeled, nickeling or (esp. Brit.) nickelled, nickelling, adj. n. 1. Chem. a hard, silvery white, ductile and malleable metallic element, allied to iron and cobalt, not readily oxidized: used chiefly in alloys, in… …
107performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical. The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …
108pure — pureness, n. /pyoor/, adj., purer, purest. 1. free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter: pure gold; pure water. 2. unmodified by an admixture; simple or homogeneous. 3. of unmixed descent or… …
109vanadium — /veuh nay dee euhm/, n. Chem. a rare element occurring in certain minerals and obtained as a light gray powder with a silvery luster or as a ductile metal: used as an ingredient of steel to toughen it and increase its shock resistance. Symbol: V; …
110virgin — /verr jin/, n. 1. a person who has never had sexual intercourse. 2. an unmarried girl or woman. 3. Eccles. an unmarried, religious woman, esp. a saint. 4. the Virgin, Mary, the mother of Christ. 5. Informal. any person who is uninitiated,… …
